Poorest of PoorPoorest of Poor

Elderly in Livelihoods

Elderly in India(Ref: MoSPI, GoI, June 2012)

• 93% of the 10 Crore elderly in India are from the Unorganised Sector

• Have no means of Social Security

• Need to work till they cannot or till they die

• NOAPS or similar only Govt Schemes specifically available

Elderly in India(Ref: MoSPI, GoI, June 2012)

• Life Expectancy at the Age of 60 Years = 18 years (men -16.7 yrs & women -18.9 yrs.)

• 92% of elderly were not confined to bed or home age groups of 60-79 (NSSO 60th Round)

• lack of avenues to live in dignity Dependent on their Children or Charity or Government

The reality50 million rural elderly a majority being women who are mobile coming from the unorganised sector would be working to live for a minimum of 12 more years and compete for NSAP Schemeswith little or no access to any other form of Social and/or livelihood Security

The Context for InclusionHon’ble Supreme Court of India held that

•Right to livelihood springs from the right to life guaranteed under Art. 21 •Right to Life is right to live in dignity•Preamble and Part IV reinforce them compendiously as socio-economic justice, bedrock to an egalitarian social order. The right to social and economic justice is thus a fundamental right

Therefore elderly men and women do need to be provided with this constitutional guarantee

The Context for Inclusion• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

and the International Covenant on Economic , Social and Cultural Rights 1966 (signed 1979) recognize the right to work and social security, among others as an integral part of the right to life

• Article 25 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and held that <<Right to life includes the right to live with basic human dignity with the necessities of life such as nutrition, clothing, food, shelter over the head, facilities for cultural and socio-economic wellbeing of every individual>>.

The Context for Inclusion• Including Elderly?Directive Principles of State Policy Art.41

comprehensively mentions Old Age. • Including men elderly ?The NRLM Mission Document while

discussing the Social Inclusion and Institutions of the Poor does mention under the heading of Universal Social Mobilisation (page 6) that “…..Subsequently, both women and men would be organised for addressing livelihoods issues …”

HI- Presence & Potential roles

Part Service Provider Provide Trained and Inducted Professionals for Social Inclusion at various levels

Pilot, Establish & Scale-uprespond to each state for implementation for Pilot intervention in two blocks

Hand Hold & Capacity BuildSupport induction & capacity Building of Block Staff and Community cadres on Vulnerability reduction

Social Empowerment Model for Elderly

Rights & Entitlements

Villagemeeting

Conceptseeding

Rapport building

Formal meetings

AssessmentLocal leadersacquaintance LSPIP Action Plan

Social Security

Group Formation

Agreed RulesOf Business

Grading

Micro-credit

Books of Accounts

Seed Capital Infusion

Business Plans

Internal Lending Savings

Liability reduction Federations

LEAP training

Livelihoods

MicroFinance

MicroInsurance

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Thank you for the attention

and consideration